Antwerp, the second city, has the Cathedral of Notre Dame in its heart containing three major Rubens paintings; the Elevation of the Cross; the Deposition; and the Assumption. The house Rubens occupied for the last 25 years of life is off the Meir (9 Rubensstraat). The Gallery of Fine Arts (Leopold de Waelplaats) has over 1,000 works by Old Masters. Antwerp has its own Grand Place with the Stadhuis, a Renaissance Town Hall.
The Century Hotel (60 – 62 Keyserlei), Antwerp Docks (82 Noordelaan 100), the Excelsior (Pelikaanstraat 8) and the Grand Hotel de Londres (58 de Keyserlei), the Tourist (Pelikaanstraat 22).
There are a number of theaters, mostly Flemish, which leaves the Royal Opera (3 Frankrijlei) if you do not speak Flemish. Ancienne Belgique (26 Kipdorpvest) and Billard Palace (Astridplein) are both music halls, and symphony concerts are held at the Queen Elizabeth concert hall. Restaurants in Antwerp include La Rade (8 Van Dyck Kaai), the best and most expensive; Criterium (25 de Keyserlei); Le Gourmet sans Chique (3 Vestingstraat) and Terminal (214 Leopolddok).
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